7th Golden Apricot International Film Festival to mark famous film figures’ jubileesJune 25, 2010 - 19:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Both competition and out-of-competition programs will be given special attention at Golden Apricot Festival, with out-of-competition program featuring retrospective shows and Yerevan premiers, festival programs director Mikhael Stamboltsyan stated. As festival organizers stated at June 25 news conference, among the works of a number of international filmmakers, the festival will premier Berlin Film Festival 2010 Winner, Semih Kaplanoglu’s Honey; Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Revisited; Karen Shakhnazarov’s Ward No. 6. Films by Henri Verneuil, Atom Egoyan, Sergei Parajanov will be featured within retrospective show framework to mark famous film figures’ jubilees. Also, master classes with world-famous filmmakers will be included in festival program. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |